2019 NHL Draft
Elmer Söderblom in the 2019 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Elmer Söderblom 159th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 6.
He was the 19th of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the eighth of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2019, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 112 games put him 46th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 159
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 4
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 156–162 in the 2019 draft
- 156Arturs SilovsG68 GP · 32 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 157Braden DoyleDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 158Patrick MoynihanRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 159Elmer SöderblomL112 GP · 33 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 160Lukas RousekR17 GP · 4 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 161Adam EdströmC112 GP · 23 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 162Tomas MazuraCEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2019 class
19th
of 26 Swedes selected
91st
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Philip BrobergD245 GP · 86 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 11Victor SöderströmD61 GP · 12 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 22Tobias BjörnfotD153 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 23Simon HolmströmR293 GP · 127 PNYINew York Islanders
- 40Nils HöglanderL346 GP · 125 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 50Samuel FagemoL21 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 51Simon LundmarkD1 GP · 0 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 58Karl HenrikssonCNYRNew York Rangers
- 60Albert JohanssonD154 GP · 21 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 64Mattias NorlinderD6 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Elmer Söderblom made his NHL debut on October 14, 2022, 3 years and 114 days after the draft.
112
Games
16
Goals
17
Assists
33
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2019 draft
- 6Moritz SeiderD426 GP · 250 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Antti TuomistoDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 54Robert MastrosimoneLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 60Albert JohanssonD154 GP · 21 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 66Albin GreweRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 97Ethan PhillipsCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 128Cooper MooreDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 159Elmer SöderblomL112 GP · 33 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 177Gustav BerglundDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 190Kirill TyutyayevLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 191Carter GylanderGDETDetroit Red Wings